hugopal
The fact that you know this concerns me. They’re still shit.
I don’t exactly follow Nickleback’s and Avril Lavigne’s intermingling.
As for which country has produced more shit music on the world stage, I would argue Canada because of various factors… We have a much larger population. We’re closer to the US and a major music market in which we can easily blend into as being ‘American’.
Plus there’s also strict Canadian content legislation that’s produced a false cottage industry, where major labels by default have to sign Canadian artists and promote them if they ever want to make money and be heard. 40% of Canadian radio has to be Canadian. That percentage varies in other types of media, TV, etc. and has driven the government to even provide grants to artists to tour in foreign countries, make videos, put out records, marketing, etc.
For example, since the Canadian Embassy is at 1 Trafalgar Square in London, they throw a big public Camada Day celebration on July 1st where up and coming Canadian bands and artists perform in Trafalgar Square.
Australia’s music industry is much more insular because the closest English speaking nations are tiny in comparison and look to them as the cultural centre for music - or they move to the UK a la Kylie and make it there to start with.
